Socioeconomic Background

The Mosul offensive and resulting waves

of displacement keep stressing the

markets in Iraq. In September Qayyarah

and Shirqat were re-taken from Islamic

State (IS) by Iraqi forces. WFP is

coordinating with the Government of

Iraq's public distribution system (PDS).

WFP is working to fill gaps in PDS

provision and make food available to the

most vulnerable. This process has been

effective in newly retaken areas of

Qayyarah and Shirqat.

In September WFP conducted a Rapid

Market Assessment in Salah Al-Din

governorate to asses market functionality

after the last wave of displacement. The

main objective of this assessment was to

analyze if markets are able to respond to

increased demand. Markets are

functional, and main food commodities

are available to cover consumers’ demand

at reasonable prices1. However the

situation keeps being volatile and WFP is

closely monitoring market functionality

and its implications for the food security

of the Iraqi population. A snapshot of the

current situation is presented in the below

dashboard2.

Highlights

In a Rapid Market Assessment

conducted in Salah Al-Din, WFP

found markets to be functional,

and main food commodities

available to cover consumers’

demand at reasonable prices.

However the situation keeps being

volatile and WFP is closely

monitoring market functionality

and its implications for the food

security of the Iraqi population.

The cost of the food basket has

decreased by 1% but prices of

main commodities are still 6%

higher in hard to reach areas and

the purchase power of population

leaving in these locations is 24%

lower compared to the rest of the

country.

Food availability in Falluja,

Alqaiam and Shirqat is a critical

issue, with key informants

reporting worrisome messages

about lack of staple food and

reliance on emergency coping

strategies.

Contacts Sally Haydock

sally.haydock@wfp.org

Maha Ahmed

maha.ahmed@wfp.org

Asif Niazi

asif.niazi@wfp.org

Filippo Minozzi

filippo.minozzi@wfp.org

Issue No. 2 September 2016 IRAQ Market Monitor Report

© WFP/Inger Marie Vennize

1 WFP Rapid Market Assessment in Salh Al-Din governorate 2 OCHA - Iraq: Humanitarian Snapshot (October 24, 2016)

Food National Price Trends

The prices of the main food commodities in August have overall slightly increased in September after three

months of decreasing trend started in June. Prices of single main commodities have behaved differently at

national level (Chart 1). The cost of the minimum food basket has behaved very differently amongst

governorates though. In Anbar the prices of main

food items have overall decreased by 15% from

August 2016 and in Thi-Qar by 13%. Higher

decrease was registered in Sulaimaniyah (-24%).

The trend has been positive (lower costs) for the

sixth month on a row, showing how markets are

recovering from the conflict and the subsequent

liberation of the areas from IS. On the other hand

Kirkuk (+25%) and Wassit (+43%) have

registered a concerning increase of the cost of the

minimum food basket. The national average

absorbs these hikes and only registers a decrease of 1% (Chart 2). Regarding staple commodities, no main

changes have been registered on a national scale with vegetable oil being the commodity with higher change

from the previous month (-4%). Nevertheless the price of some commodities is very different from governorate

to governorate. For instance the cost of sugar has increase by 38% in Qadisyia, while decreasing by 45% in

Sulaimaniyah, picturing an opposite situation from previous month. This to confirm that market integration

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Map 1: Location of markets monitored by WFP

Chart 1: Price Trend of Main Food Commodities (in IQD/Unit)

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across the country is still very low, yet slowly improving (Chart 3). Regarding vegetable oil, it was found to be 29%

more expensive in Kirkuk. Meat which on average is only 2% higher than last month, was found to be much cheaper

in Salah Al-Din (-28%) and Dohuk (-10%). Lentils have been found cheaper this month compared to August,

especially in Anbar (-13%), Ninewa (-8%) and Dohuk (-7%). On the other hand the same food item is more expensive

in Kirkuk (+12%) and Salah Al-Din (+7%). Onion’s price is also very different across governorates. It was indeed

found to be cheaper in Sulaimaniyah (-38%) while highly increased in Muthana (+38%), Missan (+33%), Basrah

(+33%), Babylon (+25%) and Qadisyia (+25%). Details by commodity and by governorate are presented in Annex 1

and Annex 2.

As showed in Chart 2 above, the cost of the food basket is still higher in hotspot locations where on average a food

basket price is 6% higher than in the rest of the country. Nevertheless there is a convergence, due mostly to the high

increase of the food basket cost in non-hard to reach areas while a slight decrease is registered for hotspot locations

where districts that were under control of IS have been slowly but steady recovering from the occupation.

It has also to be taken into consideration that averages don’t include location where food commodities have been

reported as not available (see Methodology).

Unskilled Labor Wages and Term of Trade (ToT) The wage of unskilled labor has resumed rising in hotspot locations after two months of decreasing trend, while it is

stabilizing in the rest of the country. Despite the convergence, the difference remains huge. On average an unskilled

worker’s wage is 24% lower in hotspot areas compared to the other governorates.

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Chart 3:Min. vs. Max. Cost of Food Basket (in IQD) Chart 2: Cost of Minimum Food Basket (in IQD)

Chart 4: Cost of Unskilled Labor per day (in IQD) Chart 5: Wage-to-Food Terms of Trade (in food baskets/day)

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Looking at governorate level, Babylon and Qadissyia still register the highest daily wages at IQD 30,000, while

Erbil offers the lowest daily stipends (IQD 12,000). A relevant decrease of wages was recorded in September in

Sulaimaniyah (-17%) while significant increases were recorded in most of the hard-to-reach areas (Chart 5).

Focus on Hard to Reach Areas

Hard to reach areas are locations widespread in six governorates (Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Kirkuk, Ninewa and

Salah Al-Din) where WFP complements its traditional data collection with mVAM methodology. When looking

in details at these governorates, the food basket cost in the last six months has followed different trends within the

six areas and compared to the rest of the country. In Anbar it has decreased for the last six months and dropped by

15% in September 2016 only. Similar trend is registered to a smaller extend in Baghdad and Ninewa. On the other

hand, Kirkuk has registered a constant increase in the last six months, while Diyala has changed the decreasing

trend of the previous month with a minor increase in September 2016 (Chart 6).

The cost of the food basket affected the wage-to-food ToT, which has increased in Anbar (18.8), Diyala (22.5),

Ninewa (25) and Salah Al-Din (20.7). Differently Kirkuk (20) and Baghdad (22.7) have seen a decrease in the

purchasing power of unskilled laborers (Chart 7).

In conflict affected and occupied areas, food

availability is the most crucial issue. In Falluja and

Alqaiam key informants reported that food is still

unavailable or scarcely available. Other districts in

Anbar seem to have been recovering after the

liberation from IS forces (Chart 8). Key informants

have indeed reported several times that no food is

available. In Salah Al-Din the isolation of Shirqat is

still evident. Most of staple commodities are not found in the market. mVAM respondents were still sending

worrisome messages in the first weeks of the month,

reporting that the city was sieged and people were getting

killed. In the last week though, when the Iraqi forces

liberated the city, key informants reported that they are

receiving food from army to compensate lack of market

supply. It has also to be highlighted that PDS has not been

delivered in these areas for months.

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Chart 7: Wage-to-Food ToT in Hotspot Areas Chart 6: Cost of Food Basket in Hotspot Areas (in IQD)

Chart 8: Food Availability Analysis in Anbar

Chart 9: Food Availability Analysis in Salah Al-Din

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Methodology

Market information is collected on weekly basis by WFP field monitors. Additionally WFP in partnership with

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) collects market data remotely through mVAM technology from key informants

in those governorates where access is restricted, using telephone interviews. Data are then cleaned and

consolidated. Monthly averages are used for the Iraq Monthly Monitor Report. Map 1 shows the location of the

WFP monitored markets as well as the hard to reach areas monitored through mVAM.

Field monitors collect prices for 23 food commodities, 3 fuel items, 7 hygiene commodities and the cost of

unskilled labor for one day of work. WFP field monitors cover 12 governorates where access is not restricted plus

three additional governorates (Kirkuk, Baghdad and Diyala) when the security situation allows. IRW key

informants collect market prices of 8 main food commodities and the daily wage of unskilled labor from six hard

to reach areas in central and northern governorates of Iraq (Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salh Al-

Din) through mVAM technology .

The report is based on the analyses produced by the Integrated Market Surveillance Tool (IMST). The IMST is an

agile market monitoring tool that was developed for Iraq Country Office (CO) and is aimed at storing raw data

collected by field monitors and key informants, and creating contextualized analyses. The tool analyzes trends of

main food and non-food commodities, minimum food basket, and provides an indication about how much the

markets are integrated within and across governorates. Food and non-food prices are analyzed against previous

periods, including key baselines, such as the pre-crisis values of February 2015. Non-food items prices are not

reported in this report unless a change in the price level has an impact on food security.

The IMST also includes information regarding the availability of main food commodities in hotspot locations,

which is collected by key informants. The classification of the availability is based on the monthly averages. A

commodity is classified as Available when it is found available on every visit in the key market of a specific

governorate; Widely Available when for only one visit the availability is not full; Sporadically Available when in

at least half of the visits, the commodity is recorded as rare in the market; a

commodity is Mostly Not Available when it was found only in rare cases in a

governorate during the analyzed month; finally a commodity is classified as

Not Available when it is not found in any market of a governorate at any time.

The minimum food basket monitored by WFP contains five food commodities. The quantities are adjusted against

the survival caloric intake needs. The five commodities are wheat flour, sugar, rice, vegetable oil and onion.

The IMST also provides specific and customizable analyses on hotspot areas, with district and sub-district level

information. This allows to detect local issues regarding market price, availability as well as any other information

regarding the specific market catchment area, including security and coping mechanism commonly adopted in the

area. Given the unstable context the IMST is flexible enough to allow ad hoc analysis whenever required.

The Iraq Market Monitor Report is issued since August 2016 on a monthly basis.

NOTE: Due to the long-lasting conflict in Falluja and the related impact on markets, to avoid distortions on

average price analyses by governorate and maintain consistency over time, the Falluja district has been

removed from all analysis related to Anbar. Falluja’s information and data are analyzed aside in district-

level analyses.

AV Available

WAD Widely Available

SAV Sporadically Available

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Annex 1: Market Prices by Governorate

Legend (Annex 1 and Annex 2)

*Top values are highlighted in red

**Bottom values are highlighted in green

***Top/bottom values as well as direction of change have inverted colors and arrows for the Unskilled Labor

****Positive changes beyond the defined thrweshold are highlighed in light green, while negative changes beyond the defined threshold are highlighted in light red.

Changes within the 'normal' values are in yellow and show stability of prices

(+/-5%) (+/-10%) (+/-10%)

Current

Month1 Month 3 Month 6 Month 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month

Fresh Milk 1,895 1,979 2,175 -4% -13%

Lentils 1,887 2,167 2,208 2,255 -13% -15% -16%

Meat (Beef) 13,860 13,917 13,708 0% 1%

Oil (Vegetable) 2,217 2,396 2,059 2,332 -7% 8% -5%

Onion 785 931 997 -16% -21%

Rice 1,777 2,424 1,929 2,153 -27% -8% -17%

Sugar 1,337 1,417 1,441 1,444 -6% -7% -7%

Wheat Flour 1,512 1,507 1,445 1,489 0% 5% 2%

Fresh Milk 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Lentils 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Meat (Beef) 13,000 13,000 13,000 14,000 0% 0% -7%

Oil (Vegetable) 2,250 2,250 2,125 2,500 0% 6% -10%

Onion 938 750 813 750 25% 15% 25%

Rice 1,500 1,500 1,063 1,000 0% 41% 50%

Sugar 1,375 1,000 1,000 750 38% 38% 83%

Wheat flour 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 0% 0% 0%

Fresh Milk 1,925 1,787 1,926 8% 0%

Lentils 1,888 1,985 2,147 2,125 -5% -12% -11%

Meat (Beef) 13,675 13,515 13,941 1% -2%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,800 1,665 1,868 2,094 8% -4% -14%

Onion 745 772 868 -4% -14%

Rice 1,975 1,971 2,015 2,070 0% -2% -5%

Sugar 1,275 1,309 1,301 1,203 -3% -2% 6%

Wheat Flour 1,150 1,184 1,213 1,227 -3% -5% -6%

Fresh Milk 4,000 4,000 6,000 6,000 0% -33% -33%

Lentils 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Meat (Beef) 13,000 13,000 14,000 14,000 0% -7% -7%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,500 1,500 2,000 2,000 0% -25% -25%

Onion 750 563 500 750 33% 50% 0%

Rice 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Sugar 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 0% 0% 0%

Wheat flour 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 0% 0% 0%

Fresh Milk 1,550 1,644 1,438 -6% 8%

Lentils 1,683 1,700 1,847 1,438 -1% -9% 17%

Meat (Beef) 13,200 13,050 13,091 1% 1%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,875 1,844 2,045 1,840 2% -8% 2%

Onion 607 643 672 -6% -10%

Rice 1,892 1,888 1,920 1,861 0% -1% 2%

Sugar 1,075 1,006 1,057 1,000 7% 2% 8%

Wheat Flour 1,117 1,050 1,261 1,114 6% -11% 0%

Fresh Milk 1,938 1,663 1,750 1,938 17% 11% 0%

Lentils 1,821 1,963 2,000 2,000 -7% -9% -9%

Meat (Beef) 10,736 15,000 15,000 15,063 -28% -28% -29%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,438 1,538 1,750 1,850 -7% -18% -22%

Onion 625 613 750 1,250 2% -17% -50%

Rice 1,861 1,788 1,825 1,925 4% 2% -3%

Sugar 1,000 788 838 925 27% 19% 8%

Wheat flour 875 900 875 913 -3% 0% -4%

Fresh Milk 1,750 1,750 2,000 2,000 0% -13% -13%

Lentils 1,500 1,500 2,250 2,000 0% -33% -25%

Meat (Beef) 16,000 16,000 15,000 15,000 0% 7% 7%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,500 1,500 2,000 1,750 0% -25% -14%

Onion 750 750 1,250 1,250 0% -40% -40%

Rice 2,500 2,500 1,700 8,500 0% 47% -71%

Sugar 1,000 1,000 1,250 1,250 0% -20% -20%

Wheat flour 1,000 1,000 1,100 1,000 0% -9% 0%

Fresh Milk 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Lentils 2,000 2,000 2,250 2,250 0% -11% -11%

Meat (Beef) 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 0% 0% 0%

Oil (Vegetable) 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 0% 0% 0%

Onion 1,000 1,000 875 1,000 0% 14% 0%

Rice 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,250 0% 0% -11%

Sugar 1,250 1,250 1,500 1,500 0% -17% -17%

Wheat flour 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 0% 0% 0%

Fresh Milk 1,887 1,443 1,560 31% 21%

Lentils 1,352 1,651 1,512 1,378 -18% -11% -2%

Meat (Beef) 13,419 13,205 12,905 2% 4%

Oil (Vegetable) 3,629 2,352 1,637 1,894 54% 122% 92%

Onion 1,048 682 613 54% 71%

Rice 1,843 2,107 1,810 1,944 -13% 2% -5%

Sugar 2,525 1,552 1,143 1,264 63% 121% 100%

Wheat Flour 3,417 1,835 1,036 1,251 86% 230% 173%

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Fresh Milk 4,000 4,000 2,438 6,000 0% 64% -33%

Lentils 2,000 2,000 2,500 2,000 0% -20% 0%

Meat (Beef) 14,000 14,000 16,625 14,000 0% -16% 0%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,500 1,500 3,188 1,500 0% -53% 0%

Onion 750 563 1,563 750 33% -52% 0%

Rice 2,000 2,000 2,875 2,000 0% -30% 0%

Sugar 1,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 0% -50% 0%

Wheat flour 1,000 1,000 1,750 1,000 0% -43% 0%

Fresh Milk 1,500 1,500 1,500 0% 0%

Lentils 2,000 2,000 1,813 2,250 0% 10% -11%

Meat (Beef) 7,500 7,500 13,000 14,000 0% -42% -46%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,750 1,750 1,500 1,500 0% 17% 17%

Onion 688 500 750 750 38% -8% -8%

Rice 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Sugar 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,100 0% 0% -9%

Wheat flour 1,250 1,250 750 750 0% 67% 67%

Fresh Milk 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 0% 0% 0%

Lentils 1,813 1,813 2,125 2,000 0% -15% -9%

Meat (Beef) 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 0% 0% 0%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,750 1,750 1,750 1,750 0% 0% 0%

Onion 750 750 750 750 0% 0% 0%

Rice 2,500 2,438 2,250 2,250 3% 11% 11%

Sugar 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 0% 0% 0%

Wheat flour 1,500 1,500 500 500 0% 200% 200%

Fresh Milk 1,471 1,480 1,513 -1% -3%

Lentils 1,433 1,375 1,685 1,634 4% -15% -12%

Meat (Beef) 11,423 11,842 12,774 -4% -11%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,606 1,651 1,676 1,662 -3% -4% -3%

Onion 644 637 762 1% -15%

Rice 1,569 1,566 1,640 1,746 0% -4% -10%

Sugar 1,010 1,000 1,071 1,014 1% -6% 0%

Wheat Flour 1,058 1,039 982 1,098 2% 8% -4%

Fresh Milk 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Lentils 2,000 2,000 2,250 2,000 0% -11% 0%

Meat (Beef) 13,000 13,000 13,000 15,000 0% 0% -13%

Oil (Vegetable) 2,250 2,250 2,500 2,500 0% -10% -10%

Onion 938 750 875 875 25% 7% 7%

Rice 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,000 0% 0% 50%

Sugar 1,375 1,000 813 750 38% 69% 83%

Wheat flour 1,000 1,000 1,000 750 0% 0% 33%

Fresh Milk 1,536 1,493 1,511 3% 2%

Lentils 1,879 1,914 2,207 1,813 -2% -15% 4%

Meat (Beef) 12,459 12,564 12,761 -1% -2%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,750 1,750 1,935 1,888 0% -10% -7%

Onion 614 612 701 0% -12%

Rice 1,943 1,914 2,071 1,869 1% -6% 4%

Sugar 1,162 1,090 1,234 1,088 7% -6% 7%

Wheat Flour 1,162 1,029 1,245 1,232 13% -7% -6%

Fresh Milk 2,000 2,500 2,438 2,500 -20% -18% -20%

Lentils 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,750 0% 0% -9%

Meat (Beef) 15,000 16,750 16,625 16,500 -10% -10% -9%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,813 3,250 3,188 2,500 -44% -43% -28%

Onion 813 1,313 1,563 1,500 -38% -48% -46%

Rice 2,000 2,750 2,875 1,800 -27% -30% 11%

Sugar 1,000 1,813 2,000 1,500 -45% -50% -33%

Wheat flour 1,000 1,250 1,750 1,500 -20% -43% -33%

Fresh Milk 5,000 5,000 5,250 5,000 0% -5% 0%

Lentils 2,500 2,500 2,625 2,500 0% -5% 0%

Meat (Beef) 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 0% 0% 0%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,500 1,500 2,000 2,000 0% -25% -25%

Onion 1,000 1,063 875 1,000 -6% 14% 0%

Rice 750 1,167 1,400 1,250 -36% -46% -40%

Sugar 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 0% 0% 0%

Wheat flour 925 900 875 575 3% 6% 61%

Fresh Milk 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 0% 0% 0%

Lentils 2,500 2,500 2,438 2,250 0% 3% 11%

Meat (Beef) 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 0% 0% 0%

Oil (Vegetable) 1,500 1,500 2,000 2,000 0% -25% -25%

Onion 938 1,000 938 1,063 -6% 0% -12%

Rice 1,000 1 1,688 1,650 85590% -41% -39%

Sugar 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 0% 0% 0%

Wheat flour 1,000 1,075 1,200 1,050 -7% -17% -5%

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Annex 2: Market Prices by Commodity

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Anbar 1,895 1,979 2,175 -4% -13%

Babylon 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Baghdad 1,787 1,792 1,696 0% 5%

Bashra 4,000 4,000 6,000 6,000 0% -33% -33%

Diyala 1,644 1,554 1,675 6% -2%

Dohuk 1,938 1,663 1,750 1,938 17% 11% 0%

Erbil 1,750 1,750 2,000 2,000 0% -13% -13%

Kerbala 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Kirkuk 1,443 1,550 1,319 -7% 9%

Missan 4,000 4,000 2,438 6,000 0% 64% -33%

Muthana 1,500 1,500 1,500 0% 0%

Najaf 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 0% 0% 0%

Ninewa 1,480 1,510 1,658 -2% -11%

Qadisyia 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Salah Al-Din 1,493 1,417 1,642 5% -9%

Sulaimaniyah 2,000 2,500 2,438 2,500 -20% -18% -20%

Thi Qar 5,000 5,000 5,250 5,000 0% -5% 0%

Wassit 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 0% 0% 0%

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National Average 1,953 1,964 2,102 2,180 -1% -7% -10%

Anbar 1,887 2,167 2,208 2,255 -13% -15% -16%

Babylon 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Baghdad 1,985 2,021 2,161 2,097 -2% -8% -5%

Bashra 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Diyala 1,700 1,634 1,614 3,296 4% 5% -48%

Dohuk 1,821 1,963 2,000 2,000 -7% -9% -9%

Erbil 1,500 1,500 2,250 2,000 0% -33% -25%

Kerbala 2,000 2,000 2,250 2,250 0% -11% -11%

Kirkuk 1,651 1,478 1,436 1,984 12% 15% -17%

Missan 2,000 2,000 2,500 2,000 0% -20% 0%

Muthana 2,000 2,000 1,813 2,250 0% 10% -11%

Najaf 1,813 1,813 2,125 2,000 0% -15% -9%

Ninewa 1,375 1,490 1,722 1,904 -8% -20% -28%

Qadisyia 2,000 2,000 2,250 2,000 0% -11% 0%

Salah Al-Din 1,914 1,781 1,950 1,700 7% -2% 13%

Sulaimaniyah 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,750 0% 0% -9%

Thi Qar 2,500 2,500 2,625 2,500 0% -5% 0%

Wassit 2,500 2,500 2,438 2,250 0% 3% 11%

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National Average 13,071 13,395 13,843 10,645 -2% -6% 23%

Anbar 13,860 13,917 13,708 0% 1%

Babylon 13,000 13,000 13,000 14,000 0% 0% -7%

Baghdad 13,515 13,688 13,130 1,798 -1% 3% 652%

Bashra 13,000 13,000 14,000 14,000 0% -7% -7%

Diyala 13,050 13,179 13,739 1,906 -1% -5% 585%

Dohuk 10,736 15,000 15,000 15,063 -28% -28% -29%

Erbil 16,000 16,000 15,000 15,000 0% 7% 7%

Kerbala 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 0% 0% 0%

Kirkuk 13,205 12,967 12,759 1,340 2% 3% 885%

Missan 14,000 14,000 16,625 14,000 0% -16% 0%

Muthana 7,500 7,500 13,000 14,000 0% -42% -46%

Najaf 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 0% 0% 0%

Ninewa 11,842 12,083 12,684 2,171 -2% -7% 445%

Qadisyia 13,000 13,000 13,000 15,000 0% 0% -13%

Salah Al-Din 12,564 12,030 11,900 1,180 4% 6% 965%

Sulaimaniyah 15,000 16,750 16,625 16,500 -10% -10% -9%

Thi Qar 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 0% 0% 0%

Wassit 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 0% 0% 0%

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National Average 1,818 1,898 2,088 1,839 -4% -13% -1%

Anbar 2,217 2,396 2,059 2,332 -7% 8% -5%

Babylon 2,250 2,250 2,125 2,500 0% 6% -10%

Baghdad 1,665 1,813 1,935 1,096 -8% -14% 52%

Bashra 1,500 1,500 2,000 2,000 0% -25% -25%

Diyala 1,844 1,911 1,917 1,189 -4% -4% 55%

Dohuk 1,438 1,538 1,750 1,850 -7% -18% -22%

Erbil 1,500 1,500 2,000 1,750 0% -25% -14%

Kerbala 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 0% 0% 0%

Kirkuk 2,352 1,825 1,603 1,114 29% 47% 111%

Missan 1,500 1,500 3,188 1,500 0% -53% 0%

Muthana 1,750 1,750 1,500 1,500 0% 17% 17%

Najaf 1,750 1,750 1,750 1,750 0% 0% 0%

Ninewa 1,651 1,677 1,713 1,188 -2% -4% 39%

Qadisyia 2,250 2,250 2,500 2,500 0% -10% -10%

Salah Al-Din 1,750 1,750 1,859 0% -6%

Sulaimaniyah 1,813 3,250 3,188 2,500 -44% -43% -28%

Thi Qar 1,500 1,500 2,000 2,000 0% -25% -25%

Wassit 1,500 1,500 2,000 2,000 0% -25% -25%

Oil

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Current

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National Average 782 776 895 974 1% -13% -20%

Anbar 785 931 997 -16% -21%

Babylon 938 750 813 750 25% 15% 25%

Baghdad 772 807 913 -4% -15%

Bashra 750 563 500 750 33% 50% 0%

Diyala 643 625 813 3% -21%

Dohuk 625 613 750 1,250 2% -17% -50%

Erbil 750 750 1,250 1,250 0% -40% -40%

Kerbala 1,000 1,000 875 1,000 0% 14% 0%

Kirkuk 682 658 457 4% 49%

Missan 750 563 1,563 750 33% -52% 0%

Muthana 688 500 750 750 38% -8% -8%

Najaf 750 750 750 750 0% 0% 0%

Ninewa 637 750 763 -15% -17%

Qadisyia 938 750 875 875 25% 7% 7%

Salah Al-Din 612 576 675 6% -9%

Sulaimaniyah 813 1,313 1,563 1,500 -38% -48% -46%

Thi Qar 1,000 1,063 875 1,000 -6% 14% 0%

Wassit 938 1,000 938 1,063 -6% 0% -12%

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National Average 1,824 1,922 1,905 2,291 -5% -4% -20%

Anbar 1,777 2,424 1,929 2,153 -27% -8% -17%

Babylon 1,500 1,500 1,063 1,000 0% 41% 50%

Baghdad 1,971 1,958 2,048 1% -4%

Bashra 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Diyala 1,888 1,741 1,841 8% 3%

Dohuk 1,861 1,788 1,825 1,925 4% 2% -3%

Erbil 2,500 2,500 1,700 8,500 0% 47% -71%

Kerbala 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,250 0% 0% -11%

Kirkuk 2,107 2,017 1,808 4% 17%

Missan 2,000 2,000 2,875 2,000 0% -30% 0%

Muthana 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0% 0% 0%

Najaf 2,500 2,438 2,250 2,250 3% 11% 11%

Ninewa 1,566 1,610 1,637 -3% -4%

Qadisyia 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,000 0% 0% 50%

Salah Al-Din 1,914 2,030 1,848 -6% 4%

Sulaimaniyah 2,000 2,750 2,875 1,800 -27% -30% 11%

Thi Qar 750 1,167 1,400 1,250 -36% -46% -40%

Wassit 1,000 1,167 1,688 1,650 -14% -41% -39%

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National Average 1,183 1,172 1,266 1,171 1% -7% 1%

Anbar 1,337 1,417 1,441 1,444 -6% -7% -7%

Babylon 1,375 1,000 1,000 750 38% 38% 83%

Baghdad 1,309 1,302 1,274 1% 3%

Bashra 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 0% 0% 0%

Diyala 1,006 991 1,152 2% -13%

Dohuk 1,000 788 838 925 27% 19% 8%

Erbil 1,000 1,000 1,250 1,250 0% -20% -20%

Kerbala 1,250 1,250 1,500 1,500 0% -17% -17%

Kirkuk 1,552 1,425 1,313 9% 18%

Missan 1,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 0% -50% 0%

Muthana 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,100 0% 0% -9%

Najaf 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 0% 0% 0%

Ninewa 1,000 1,042 1,065 -4% -6%

Qadisyia 1,375 1,000 813 750 38% 69% 83%

Salah Al-Din 1,090 1,078 1,152 1% -5%

Sulaimaniyah 1,000 1,813 2,000 1,500 -45% -50% -33%

Thi Qar 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 0% 0% 0%

Wassit 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 0% 0% 0%

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National Average 21,960 21,832 22,976 23,190 1% -4% -5%

Anbar 19,500 17,500 19,778 19,400 11% -1% 1%

Babylon 30,000 30,000 30,000 25,000 0% 0% 20%

Baghdad 20,882 21,875 23,548 -5% -11%

Bashra 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 0% 0% 0%

Diyala 19,150 17,214 19,879 11% -4%

Dohuk 25,000 25,000 25,000 27,500 0% 0% -9%

Erbil 12,000 12,000 20,000 0% -40%

Kerbala 20,000 20,000 0%

Kirkuk 22,093 22,571 23,919 -2% -8%

Missan 25,000 25,000 30,000 25,000 0% -17% 0%

Muthana 25,000 25,000 18,756 0% 33%

Najaf 20,000 20,000 22,500 22,500 0% -11% -11%

Ninewa 18,763 16,667 21,111 13% -11%

Qadisyia 30,000 30,000 30,000 25,000 0% 0% 20%

Salah Al-Din 17,895 15,152 16,098 18% 11%

Sulaimaniyah 25,000 30,000 30,000 27,500 -17% -17% -9%

Thi Qar 20,000 20,000 15,000 15,000 0% 33% 33%

Wassit 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 0% 0% 0%

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National Average 1,136 1,132 1,123 983 0% 1% 16%

Anbar 1,512 1,507 1,445 1,489 0% 5% 2%

Babylon 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 0% 0% 0%

Baghdad 1,184 1,208 1,274 -2% -7%

Bashra 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 0% 0% 0%

Diyala 1,050 1,188 1,242 -12% -15%

Dohuk 875 900 875 913 -3% 0% -4%

Erbil 1,000 1,000 1,100 1,000 0% -9% 0%

Kerbala 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 0% 0% 0%

Kirkuk 1,835 1,083 1,026 69% 79%

Missan 1,000 1,000 1,750 1,000 0% -43% 0%

Muthana 1,250 1,250 750 750 0% 67% 67%

Najaf 1,500 1,500 500 500 0% 200% 200%

Ninewa 1,039 1,073 956 -3% 9%

Qadisyia 1,000 1,000 1,000 750 0% 0% 33%

Salah Al-Din 1,029 1,192 1,213 -14% -15%

Sulaimaniyah 1,000 1,250 1,750 1,500 -20% -43% -33%

Thi Qar 925 900 875 575 3% 6% 61%

Wassit 1,000 1,075 1,200 1,050 -7% -17% -5%

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National Average 7,264 7,517 8,206 9,015 -3% -11% -19%

Anbar 16,219 20,421 21,250 29,107 -21% -24% -44%

Babylon 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 0% 0% 0%

Baghdad 7,603 7,792 8,694 8,188 -2% -13% -7%

Bashra 8,000 8,000 8,500 8,000 0% -6% 0%

Diyala 7,300 7,357 7,788 8,706 -1% -6% -16%

Dohuk 7,000 7,000 7,250 8,500 0% -3% -18%

Erbil 6,500 6,500 8,000 8,000 0% -19% -19%

Kerbala 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 0% 0% 0%

Kirkuk 7,025 7,093 8,949 10,163 -1% -21% -31%

Missan 7,000 7,000 7,500 8,000 0% -7% -13%

Muthana 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 0% 0% 0%

Najaf 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 0% 0% 0%

Ninewa 8,105 8,208 8,593 10,160 -1% -6% -20%

Qadisyia 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 0% 0% 0%

Salah Al-Din 7,368 7,318 12,679 15,443 1% -42% -52%

Sulaimaniyah 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,000 0% 0% 7%

Thi Qar 5,125 5,125 5,000 5,000 0% 3% 3%

Wassit 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 0% 0% 0%

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king

Gas

Commodity Market

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